NGDS Project

National Geothermal Data System

The SMU Geothermal Lab developed one of the ‘nodes’ of the National Geothermal Data System (NGDS), http://geothermal.smu.edu/gtda/. The NGDS project gathered and cataloged a wide variety of geothermal and oil & gas information and made it accessible for end users. The node at SMU was developed by a consortium made up of:

SMU Geothermal Laboratory

Siemens Corporate Technology

Bureau of Economic Geology, UT Austin

Cornell Energy Institute, Cornell University

Geothermal Resources Council

MLKay Technologies

Texas Tech University

University of North Dakota

Data available on the SMU Node includes:

Borehole Temperature

Heat Flow

Radiogenic Heat Production

Thermal Conductivity

Fluid Flux Injection and Disposal

Reservoir Analysis

Well Fluid Production

The NGDS project was funded by the Department of Energy as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, award number DE-EE0002852.